Installing Classic/OS 9 after Panther?

[bunner bob]

I recently installed Panther on my G4 Quicksilver 933 (using the "Upgrade" disks - I first installed Jaguar, then did an erase & install to get a nice clean disk).

I tried installing Classic (OS 9.2) from the original disk that came with my G3. It said it couldn't install on the disk unless I wipe and install! I thought I could just install a Classic system folder on this disk.

I ended up copying over a System Folder from another drive, which worked fine once I rebuilt desktops & such. But how would I go about installing it from a CD?

Didn't appear to be a classic installer on my Panther disks. Is there one on the full-install disks (as opposed to the upgrade disks)?

Thanks
Bob

[Arden]

Nope, you need an actual OS 9 installer CD (which has a large orange 9 on it). You can find these either standalone or coupled with any OS X before Panther.

[bunner bob]

Hmm - not for sale on Apple's site or MacConnection. Suppose I can keep floating the same drag-copy around from machine to machine...

Is there not a Classic install on the full-install version of the Panther disks?

[Cheryl]

Nope. If you got the original OS X, the OS 9 install came with it.
Check out:
http://www.macresq.com/store/

http://www.dvwarehouse.com/

http://mac.the-underdogs.org/

By the way, when you installed Panther, did you check the box to install OS 9 drivers? If you didn't, you will not be able to install OS 9 at all, unless you wipe the drive.

[bunner bob]

Thanks Cheryl. I bet that's my problem - I bet I didn't check the box to install OS 9 drivers. That would explain the message I got. However, things do seem to be working okay with my drag-copied version of OS 9.

The sites you suggested - the middle one has nothing related to OS X or OS 9 at all, except a copy of Office X. The last link appears abandoned. Just so you know.

thanks,
Bob

[Cheryl]

Thanks for the info. When I last checked, they were all working and had many products. And that was only a few weeks ago.

Did you try calling Mac Connection or try MacMall or MacWarehouse (which is owned by CDW) ... They should have something sitting on those back shelves.

[ohmelas]

Well, I'm trying to do the same thing. However, I can't get my G4 to boot from the OS 9 disk when rebooting from a cold system. (cold meaning all the way off and not a restart). I press 'c' like I could generations before and OS X start up screen comes through. WTF?

Am I missing something in this process? I'm using OS X.3 on the Powerbooks. I hate classic and would like to reformat two Powerbooks using this process. However, I need from this post the following:

1. How to. Is there a web link that has a How to Install.
2. I'm thinking about Yellow Dog Linux as well. Three OS's. One box.
3. I really only want StarOffice or Open Office and that's why Linux. It's worth it for the couple of bucks and dinner converstaion.

Regards,

Howard

[mtulQ]

How about checking out NeoOffice/J? runs as a java app in osX -- sensational!

http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/download.php